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Paul Schwahn on Nostr: I need suggestions on how to name this operator! In an upcoming paper, we take a ...

I need suggestions on how to name this operator!

In an upcoming paper, we take a matrix/a vector space endomorphism 𝐴∈End(𝑉), together with a subspace of End(𝑉) closed under commutators with some orthonormal basis (𝑋ᡒ), and create the mapping

End(𝑉)β†’End(𝑉), 𝐴↦𝑋ᡒ𝐴𝑋ᡒ.

(More generally, we can map 𝐴↦π(𝑋ᡒ)𝐴π(𝑋ᡒ) where Ο€: 𝔀→𝔀𝔩(𝑉) is any Lie algebra representation and (𝑋ᡒ) is an ONB of 𝔀. This map is then related to quadratic Casimir operators of 𝔀.)

Since the endomorphism 𝐴 gets 'sandwiched' between the 𝑋ᡒ, we have semi-creatively taken to call this mapping π‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘€π‘–π‘h π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿ. Can anyone think of a better name? Or has anyone seen this thing in action before?